don

Your badge is early one made of brass.It has oxidize.thats it. don :beer:A nice worn example with no paint on it

Anyways ...Looks like a unmarked 30 to me.Put a fridge magnet on it Anyways I hear this all the time, some dealer said this and some dealer said that.Lets go by facts for a minute.There is no record that any maker made hollow back silvers and golds in mass amounts.Could a black be made into a silver or a gold in the field for a wounded soldier?Yes it could.It also could be made in my GARAGE.Could a maker have used other materials other than the brass or sheet steel.?He might have been running low on material and could have used zinc or even some copper to fill the cotract as badge would be painted black. don...Ps ....You are welcome for info and pictures I have given

Now, here is a unmarked brass with almost all the paint gone.With some work,I could shine it up and say Hitler gave it to unckle so and so when they ran out of golds.Fact is, there no records that any makers made hollow back golds or silvers,none. don

IT is a brass black with all the paint removed,thats all.How and when the paint was removed who knows. Here is a black that looks like a silver with all the paint removed.It is just a black

FRONT

bLACK 30

Is there any rust on the hingr plate where pin goes through the hingr plate. Can I have closer look at the makers mark 65 on a good 65.My 65 is all locked up. my late 65 is 30.41 grams and early is 20.45 grams(FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW THE LATE IS THICKER AND IS WEIGHS MORE)Late size is 37.10x43.36.Early is 36.86x43.03

Now I could be wrong...More opinions please

One marked in the center is early type

Sorry...I would say it is fake.It lacks detail and the line on top of badge are give aways. also 65 does not look right.You might also find rust on the hinge plate where pin goes. What do you think Ronny....Here are a couple of my 65s

the back

Nice to see a wound badge thread brought up. Here is a l/56 I just got

The back

umarked black that just got

It is a fake and another like it was the fake L63.I had some other pictures of fakes but lost them. don

Thanks Tony.Nice display

When guys get your stuff nice and clean,do you put some sort finish or oil or what on them ? don

Ok Chris,show us the real deal thanks don

Nice group Gary.Can we see the back of bar? don

Worn,and marked 32

Just what I need,another wound badge don

Thanks all Good to see I am not alone don

The back

Here it is now

Thanks for taking the time and showing. don